Revisiting Labels

Hi everyone... Yes, I'm still gone but had something else I wanted to revisit.

Labels!  

Remember last year when I got the deal of the century over at Office Max - 6,000 labels for pennies?  Anyhow, I made a bunch of labels to start out the year.

I had...

*writing labels

*Ask me about my test labels

*AR level labels on the back of ID cards

*Math Score Labels

*Parents, Please Sign and Return

*Parent Response Labels

*AR Levels

*Team/Student #'s

At the beginning of the year I was using all of them.. until I ended up forgetting to bring the labels to school and making more copies.  It was a good way to start out the year, oh so organized.   

So, what ones will I continue this next year?  

1.  The kids really got a kick out of the Ask Me about My Test ones.  Of course so many of my kids were getting them that I probably should have just made some buttons/awards/medals to have them wear for the day.  It's a future Monday Made It.  I just don't have the label deal again at this moment in time.  So yes, will do - just probably not in label form.  

2.  I will also definitely keep doing the Student #'s again.  In fact I already put student labels on the new workbooks/curriculum that was delivered before vacation started.  

3.  It was a good thing to use the writing labels (picture above) on the bigger final draft/projects, but I mainly only used them after a while on the ones that didn't score proficient.  I wanted to save them. 

4.  I will definitely do the AR levels again on the back of their ID cards.  It helped keep me organized when we went to library since it allowed myself, the student, and our librarian to know the level of books they should be reading.  

5.  The home communication sticker on low test grades "Parents, please sign" was also a winner.  It helped me to know that the parents did indeed look at their child's work, so it was a clue in before progress reports and report cards.  

What will I NOT print again?  

*I don't see a need for their math scores on a sticker.  It wasn't necessary last year like I thought it would be last summer.  

*The parent response labels "Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before the end of the day..." - I still have these from last summer if I ever do need it.  Most parents usually email, hardly any wrote in the kids' agendas.  

If you want any of the labels I mentioned, head back to the old post (links are in green above) to download from Google Docs.

Hope this helps someone!  

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ID cards and AR Reading Levels

You know when you hear something that seems so simple you wish you had thought of it yourself?

That happened yesterday afternoon.

My teammate mentioned she writes her students ZPD levels on Avery labels and puts them on the back of their ID cards.

How simple is that, and why did I never think of it? No more book marks to make. No more bookmarks for kids to lose. No more shuffling through lists of ZPD levels to find each kid as they are trying to check out their books.

Since our students must have their ID cards to check out books from the library they always have the little reminder with them of what levels they should be reading. You know... those Good Fit/ IPICK books.

I will now have an easy way of telling them what books and area of 

the library to be checking out books from.

My class retakes the STAR test every trimester to update their range and to show progress. So I will be able to update their range throughout the year on their cards. It's going to be easier just hand writing it for me, though I'm sure you could type the labels up if you want.

I love my team. She also said when she taught primary she color coded the levels on the sticker since numbers were too hard for her little kids. It made life so much easier during library time.

I've already started prepping this for Monday morning when I can 

stick them onto the back of their ID cards.

Hope this helps someone.

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Labels Labels Everywhere!

They aren't everywhere anymore!  I found this 13 section expanding file in my garage this summer, and thought that there would be something I could use it for...then it hit me - a place to sort and store my labels!

As I've shared before, I got a deal on address labels a couple of weeks ago at Office Max.  After I made up my Writing Rubric Labels, I started to move onto the other aspects of our school week to see where else I could save myself time so I didn't have to handwrite things over and over again.

Ask Me About It Labels:

Ask me about my test!		Ask me about my test!
Ask me about my test!		Ask me about my test!

The saying, "Ask me about my test!" has been around for a while.  It's a great idea, one that I didn't create.  I saw it on the buttons on Pinterest, but I didn't want to make buttons - so I created some labels with it instead.  I want to be able to give my kids a sticker to stick on their shirt when they get their test back and it's awesome (or have the option of putting it in their agendas to take home).  Of course they will bring home their tests no matter what grade to show their parents, but it's mainly that I want my students to feel pride in their accomplishments. So why not give them something that their friends are going to see.  Peer motivation at it's finest.  :)  Here's the document over at Google Docs.    

Math Score Labels:

Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation		Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation		Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation
Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation		Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation		Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation
Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation		Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation		Math Score: ______= ______% *Show your work *Highlight the numbers, problem, or operation

I'm planning on sticking it on top of their tests and circling what needs to be worked on.  Here is the Math Labels Document.

Please Sign and Return Labels:

Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________		Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________		Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________
Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________		Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________		Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________
Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________		Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________		Parents: Please sign that you saw this paper, and return tomorrow.  Parent Signature: ______________

If a student doesn't have a passing grade on a test, I need to contact the parents to make sure they know.  It is a student's responsibility to get their test signed and brought back to school the next day.  I go over what a note like this means at Back to School Night, and there are consequences at school if it's not brought back.  Here is the Sign and Return Labels Document.

Saw your note Labels:

Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.		Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.		Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.		Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.		Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.		Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.		Hello, Thank you for your note.  I did see it, but there wasn't time for me to write you back before school ended.  I will get back to you as soon as possible.

You know how it is - there is always a student that gives you the note at the end of the day when there is absolutely no time to write the parent back before you have to walk out the door for yard duty...  Well, someone posted the idea of a stamp or Vistaprint business card on Monday Made It of something you can hand to the student.  Since I can stick this in the student's agenda (and the parents have to sign the agenda each night), well - I thought it would work just as well.  Here is the document. 


Here are some other random labels that are in my file - 
no explanation necessary.


Student #'s 1-30


Team #'s 1-6 and Student #'s 31-32


AR Levels #2-6

I'm thinking of making up something that includes the strategies for Reading Comprehension, and something that says "Did you check your work?" or "Did you go back to reread?"  I don't know though...

Updating this to add that Tori's Teacher Tips is having a giveaway that includes Election and Math Daily 3 materials.  Go stop by and tell her I sent you!

Hope this helps someone!

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